Montgomery County and two other communities have been awarded a combined $1.62 million in state funding for road and bridge projects.
The county, Crawfordsville and Waynetown were among more than 200 Hoosier communities to receive money in the latest round of Indiana’s Community Crossings program. The projects will be done in 2022, and each community is required to match part of the funds.
Since the program began in 2016, the state has awarded more than $1 billion in matching grants for roads and bridges.
The county, which was awarded $1 million in the latest round, will pave about nine miles of roads. Those include:
• C.R. 400W from US 136 to Old State Road 55
• C.R. 350W from Washington Street to C.R. 1100N
• C.R. 1100W from C.R. 350W to C.R. 110W
• C.R. 700E from C.R. 575N to 0.20 miles north of C.R. 500N
• C.R. 300N from C.R. 425E to C.R. 625E
• C.R. 775E from U.S. 136 to C.R. 500S
The roads were selected based on the county’s thoroughfare and local road safety plan and traffic crash data. Over the past four years, the county has paved 37 miles of roads with Community Crossings funding.
“We appreciate the state’s support in providing another paving grant to Montgomery County to help improve our roads,” John Frey, president of the Board of Commissioners, said in a statement.
Crawfordsville received nearly $260,000 to repave streets. The list includes:
• Tuttle Avenue from Mill Street to Wallace
• Oak Street from Valley Drive to Fairview Avenue
• Locust Hill
• Wallace Drive from East Main to East Pike streets
• East Pike Street from Wallace Drive to the dead end
• Jefferson Street from South Grant Avenue to the dead end
• John Street from East Wabash Avenue to Elmore Street
• Wilhoit Street from West Main Street to West Wabash Avenue
• Vance Street from Lafayette Avenue to West Main Street
In Waynetown, crews will mill and pave 13 blocks of streets and all of Loretta Drive. The town received more than $364,728 in funding.
“That will finish up all of our streets in our town,” said John Warren, utilities superintendent.
Other area communities to receive funds include Boone County, Fountain County, Hillsboro, Parke County, Roachdale and Tippecanoe County. More than $100 million was awarded statewide this round.
The next call for Community Crossings projects opens in January.
